Sleeve-stay



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F. H. NICHOLS. SLEEVE STAY.

No- 5.503 Patented Dec. 2.7, 1887.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED HAMMOND NICHOLS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SLEEVE- -STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,503, dated December 27, 1887.

Application filed September 12, 1887. Serial No. 249,471. (No model.)

To all whom. it' nay concern.-

Be it known that I, FEED HAMMOND N1011- oLs, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Sleeve-Stay, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a device for holding a sleeve in place on the arm when another sleeve is being drawn over it, and has forits object to provide a simple and effective means for this purpose which can be easily applied and removed.

My invention consists of a strip or tape so constructed that it can be drawn tightly against a sleeve on an arm and readily released and removed after a second sleeve has beendrawn over it, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, which illustrates the sleeve-stay in position for use.

In putting on one garment over auothergreat diliicultyandannoyancehavebeenexperienced in drawing the sleeves on overtliose on the arms, owing to the tendency ofthe inner sleeve to slip and ruftle up on the arm. This is especially the case with ladies in putting on a dresswaist over the short sleeve of an undergarment. The sleeve-stay which I haveinvented for this purpose I make of a strip of tape, 1,0f any suitable material and of suitable length for any arm, and at one end thereof is fastened a ring, 2, of metal or other suitable material, through which the tape 1 is passed, as shown. The other end of the tape is secured to the tape 1 adjacent to the ring 2. This makes the tape 1 practically continuous. By means of this construction an adjustableloop may beformed at either end of the folded tape and drawn tight upon an arm by pulling on the portion of the tape passing through the ring 2.

Instead ofthe ring 2, a loop may be employed formed in the end of tape 1; but a rigid ring is preferable, as it permits the tape to slip freely through it.

In operating the stay the tape is placed about a sleeve near its end, as shown,with the short sleeve 3,and the part4 of tape 1,passing through ring 2, is drawn through the ring, the latter sliding thereon until it is brought up against the arm,and the loop formed thereby tightened over the sleeve to hold it in place. The opposite folded end of the tape is then gathered and held by the hand, and the sleeve and stay are in position, as shown in the drawing, to have a sleeve drawn over them. When the outer sleeve has been drawn on, the folded end is dropped and thepart 5 of the tape 1 is grasped and pulled, thereby drawing down the ring 2 on the part 4 of the tape and releasing and re moving the stay from the arm.

The stay may be used for holding long sleeves as well as short ones, and will not tear or injure any sleeve. It may even be used with lace sleeves.

It is obvious that a loop may be formed at either end of the folded tape and tightened and loosened, as above described.

The device is simple, is cheaply made, and is easily operated.

While I have shown and described the tape as continuous, I do not desire to limit myself to that construction, as the parts 4 and 5 may not be connected at the outer end.

Havingthus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A sleevestay consisting of a strip or tape having a ring or loop fastened at one end, through which the tape freely passes,and having its other end fastened to the tape adjacent to the ring, substantially as described.

2. A sleeve-stay consisting of tape 1 and sliding ring 2, the tape having tightening part 4 and releasing part 5, substantially as described.

, FRED HAMMOND NICHOLS.

\Vitnesses:

SAMUEL SwAsEY SHEPARD, ANNIE LoUIsE NICHOLS. 

